You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will read more

You cannot hammer a girl into anything. She grows as a flower does, she will wither without sun; she will decay in her sheath as a narcissus will if you do not give her air enough; she might fall and defile her head in dust if you leave her without help at some moments in her life; but you cannot fetter her; she must take her own fair form and way if she take any.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom.

When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

When something (an affliction) happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that read more

A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment - the read more

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment - the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. -Nikos Kazantzakis.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality. -Nikos Kazantzakis.

Everything is a gift of the universe -- even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for read more

Everything is a gift of the universe -- even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment.